Keep your eyes peeled for Recfishwest’s Tip of the week, see below!
Your Fishing Photos
If you want to see yourself or your kids feature in our weekly state-wide Fishing Reports, send your best fishing photos and a description to bronte@recfishwest.org.au
Exmouth Catches
Picture: Recfishwest volunteers doing their bit for science and collecting samples for game fish research from the recent Gamex competition in Exmouth. Get the Gamex rundown here.
Boats
Sport fishing enthusiasts who took part in the recent Gamex Tournament scored blue, striped and black marlin, sailfish, yellowfin tuna and spanish mackerel. Internationally renowned fly-fishing guru April Vokey hooked an estimated 150kg blue marlin while aboard Peak Sportfishing charters recently. Unfortunately, April’s big blue managed to break its tether during the tussle. Some nice catches of red emperor, goldband snapper and rankin cod have been coming from the 80m to 120m depths. Sailfish, golden trevally and mackerel are among the species being caught in the upper areas of the gulf.
Shore-based
Fly-fishers have been catching permit, queenfish and giant herring in the lower areas of the gulf. The gulf and town beaches are fishing well for yellowfin whiting and bream. The marina has been producing mixed catches of mangrove jack, estuary cod, trevally and queenfish. Bluebone and spangled emperor have been caught from the west coast accesses.
Recfishwest’s Forecast
Remnant weather from the tropical low sitting over northern Australia may carry through to the weekend but should be clear for most of Saturday and onwards. Winds are set to be low and indecisive. Some very good tidal movement with low tides around sunrise and sunset and highs around midday and midnight. The tidal movement around the reef on the west side will be good feeding times for giant trevally and other good reef fish with maximum tidal movement halfway between the high and low tide. Working poppers at night time can be another productive method for GT’s with land based options around the beaches toward the tip of the cape producing good land based captures. Night fishing for spangled emperor on the beach will also be productive on the rising tide.
Recfishwest’s tip of the week
Sustainable Seafood Recipe Competition
Have any good recipes for less commonly used seafood? Keen to win a 10 course degustation dining experience in a farm setting inspired by camp oven and bush spices?
We can confirm our first entry that will go into the Sustainable Seafood Cookbook by Fervor is Jimmy’s Fish Ribs! Keen fisher James Warren uses a special filleting technique to save these juicy fish ribs that would otherwise be thrown away with the frame. They are perfect for camping and we think they are as good if not better than the fillets.
Don’t forget to get your entries in for the chance to go into the book and win great prizes: For more information, click here.
